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NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana has sued the City of Slidell on behalf of three individuals who panhandle on the city streets. Gary Blitch, a U.S. Army veteran, and co-plaintiffs David Knight and Daniel Snyder, seek nothing more than their First Amendment right to ask others for money.
The ACLU of Louisiana sent a letter to the Grant Parish Police Jury today, after receiving a complaint about a Christmas Nativity scene set up near the entrance of the courthouse in Colfax, La. The letter requests that the display be modified to bring it into compliance with the law.
BATON ROUGE, La. — Law enforcement agreed to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought in response of violence and aggressive policing of protests following Alton Sterling’s murder in Baton Rouge this summer.
BATON ROUGE, La. — On Friday, October 7, Chief Judge Brian A.
BATON ROUGE, La. — On October 27, 2016, the ACLU of Louisiana will present a critical panel discussion on the impact of non-unanimous jury verdicts in Louisiana. Louisiana is only one of two states that allow felony convictions by a less-than-unanimous jury vote.